Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

भवंतु तनया नश्च तथा वंशविवर्धनाः । एतन्मे वांछितं देवि नान्यत्संप्रार्थयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

bhavaṃtu tanayā naśca tathā vaṃśavivardhanāḥ | etanme vāṃchitaṃ devi nānyatsaṃprārthayāmyaham

Translation

“ขอให้เรามีบุตรชาย และขอให้เขาเป็นผู้เพิ่มพูนวงศ์ตระกูล นี่คือสิ่งที่ข้าพเจ้าปรารถนาแต่เพียงอย่างเดียว ข้าแต่พระเทวี ข้าพเจ้าไม่ทูลขอสิ่งอื่น”

Word by Word

• भवन्तु: let them be
• भवन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तनयाः: sons, children
• तनयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); बहुवचन

• नः: our
• नः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive); बहुवचन; (enclitic)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (likewise)

• वंश: lineage
• वंश: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (in compound sense)

• विवर्धनाः: increasers of the lineage
• विवर्धनाः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + वर्ध् (धातु) + अन (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); बहुवचन; (वंशं विवर्धयन्ति इति) 'तनयाः' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (object)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive); एकवचन; (enclitic)

• वाञ्छितम्: desired, wished-for
• वाञ्छितम्: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छ् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; (एतत् इत्यस्य विधेय)

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (vocative); एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/accusative); एकवचन

• संप्रार्थयामि: I request, I pray for
• संप्रार्थयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन

Speaker

Revatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Sureśvarī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Revatī makes her final, focused request: ‘Let us have sons who expand the lineage; this alone I desire,’ standing in humble devotion before the Goddess.

Characters & Entities

• Revatī
• Ambikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic devotion often integrates worldly dharma (family continuity) with surrender—asking the deity for righteous progeny rather than mere pleasure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context elevates the kṣetra as a place where Devī grants family-protecting boons.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is implicit: Devī worship in the kṣetra culminating in a focused boon-request (vara-prārthanā).